With the big players of technology planning to charge mobile users 15 cents for each incoming text message they receive, Prince Rupert will apparently be bucking the trend for now, as neither CityWest or Rogers’ have plans at the moment to follow the lead of Bell or Telus.

With CityWest still dealing with the arrival of Rogers into the marketplace, moving to a charge basis for incoming messages most likely would have resulted in more than a few locals changing over to the Rogers service which has remained charge free so far…